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Calories on the menu: Good idea?

Have you guys all heard that NYC has mandated that chain restaurants (all restaurants here with 15 or more branches) begin listing calorie information on their menus? The hope is, obvi, that this'll help reduce the obesity epidemic, which has gotten out of control.

Apparently, some of the restaurant CEOs are pissed. My two cents? If they started by cutting down portions (must one muffin really feed a family of 4?), they'd be off to a good start. (Assuming, of course, that they'd trim prices, too!)

Do you think it's going to change people's eating habits? Would it change yours?

P.S. Forget the double-bacon cheeseburgers and tubs of fried chicken, even these--the reasonably healthy-sounding choices--pack a wicked calorie punch, so you can just imagine what the extra-crispy chicken legs would get us (a couple of extra chubby human legs). Some shockers: